Jackson Williams: Tea Partier Takes Texas Governor's Race By Storm

Two weeks ago, I wrote that the top Republican candidates for governor of Texas actually lost their primary debate to a tea party upstart named... Two weeks ago, I wrote that the top Republican candidates for governor of Texas actually lost their primary debate to a tea party upstart named De...

Joseph A. Palermo: The British Iraq Inquiry Is Ours Too

Blair restates the crimes of Saddam Hussein against his own people as if that was really one of the main reasons the U.S. and U.K. invaded the country, overthrew its government, occupied its land, and controlled its people and resources. Blair and Bush told us at the time the war was all about Ira...

Devin Friedman: What I Learned From Speaking with Scott Roeder

It's a problem that's bigger than extremist pro-life elements or Bill O'Reilly. The problem is the thriving culture of manufacturing dehumanizing lies about people you disagree with, whether they are about Dr. George Tiller, or George W. Bush. It's dangerous. It's dangerous whether you sa...

Rep. Jeff Flake Sizes Up GOP Future With A 'Blame It On Bush' Lament

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Dave Johnson: America's Competitors Will Use Supreme Court Ruling To Block Our Green Jobs Effort And Close Our Factories

The Supreme Court recently ruled 5-4 that George Bush will be President corporations can spend unlimited amounts to support or oppose candidates. Corporations! Since there are no restrictions on the citizenship of the owners of corporations foreign companies and governments now hav...

White House: NASA Must Scrap Moon Plans, But Gets More Funding

So far NASA has spent $3.5 billion on Ares I and $3.7 billion on Orion and nearly $2 billion on other moon mission work. In the mid-1990s, NASA went through a similar stutter-step that meant abandoning plans that cost billions. That involved President Ronald Reagan's Freedom space station, w...

Bob Burnett: The Conservative War on Democracy: The Puppet Supreme Court

As they pursued their objective of turning the US into a plutocracy, conservatives spread disinformation to deflect blame from their ideas and the Republican lackeys that implemented them. For example, many Americans falsely believe government caused the financial crisis, whereas...

President Obama, Scott Brown Related, Genealogists Say

BOSTON — It was bad enough that President Barack Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the U.S. Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out... BOSTON — It was bad enough that President Barack Obama lost his filibuster-proof margin in the U.S. Senate to a Republican. Now it turns out he also lost it to...

Obama's Supreme Court Rebuke: Rare Among Presidents

President George W. Bush, for instance, did not hesitate to criticize a 2008 ruling recognizing the rights of prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba -- but he did it at a news conference in Rome. President Richard M. Nixon said he was disappointed with a 1974 decision ordering him to turn over...

Blair Defends Iraq War: Tells Inquiry That Sending A Message Was 'Primary Consideration'

LONDON — Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Friday that the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks changed dramatically the approach to Iraq in both London and Washington, raising fears of terrorists acquiring weapons of mass destruction from rogue or failed states.

Peter A. Ubel: Megan Fox's Belly Button: The Key to Understanding Politics?

In the old days, if you pulled together all the conservatives in Congress to craft a piece of legislation, you would have to grab a mix of Republicans and Democrats. The same would have gone for liberal legislation--you would need a mixture of Midwestern Democrats and Northeastern Republ...

Rebecca Abrahams: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Assault on Justice

In addition to Clark's lawsuit, four other candidates running for different seats on the state Supreme Court who were also targeted by the Chamber, joined Diaz to file an injunction against the television station running the ads. A local judge granted the injunction. But the Chamber quic...

Myriam Miedzian: "Patriotism" "Machoism," and Profit: Obama the War President

Now embraced by Obama, our long-standing tradition of viewing support for war as patriotic and opposition as unpatriotic plays right into the hands of the people who stand to make money from those wars. In 2009, an Afghan-American defense contractor, Hamed Wardak, hired Patton Boggs, a...

Obama Emphasizes Bipartisanship: Dems And GOP Unite In Displeasure

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Ben Bernanke Confirmation Vote: LATEST DETAILS

I believe that the chairman is going to be confirmed by a bipartisan vote," Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday. Bernanke, 56, was first tapped by President George W. Bush to run the nation's central bank. Obama picked him for a second term in August. His term expir...

Drew Westen: The State of the Union Is... It Depends on How You See It

For Democrats, the President put the Republicans on the spot a few times with some populist proposals (e.g., stricter regulations on Wall Street) that they could either applaud or sit on their hands while average Americans watched in consternation. He told the story of how Bill Clinton had...

Taylor Marsh: For Obama, Time for Results

But nuclear energy? Yep. Clean coal? An oxymoron if ever there was one, but Pres. Obama talked about it, delivering a conservative speech for a Democrat. It's a wonder Gov. Bob McDonnell, who offered the Republican rebuttal, had anything left to say. Obama talking about tax cuts... tax cuts... tax cu...

Bush, Clinton Have A Little Trouble Filming Haiti PSA (VIDEO)

Dutch comedian Joezjny definitely knows the way to Americans' hearts: Showing ol' Dubya flubbing his lines. With some skillful editing, Joezjny shows some hilarious "behind the scenes" footage of Bill Clinton and George W. Bush filming their Haiti aid PSA. While Clinton has no problem re...

Reproductive Justice: Obama Can't Make Eye Contact With Abortion Rights

I find myself somewhat depressed by what's going on in this moment. A year ago, millions of us watched with great hope the inauguration of President Obama. I did not expect him to be a miracle worker, given the overwhelming crises he inherited from George Bush -- an economic meltdown, two war...

Jeffrey Feldman: Oh, The Vision Thing

No matter how strong President Obama's performance was in his first State of the Union address--and it was a very strong performance--at best he gave the American public pieces of the puzzle, but did not give voice to his big picture.

Obama Emphasizes Bipartisanship: Dems And GOP Unite In Displeasure

President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday night to push forward with the agenda he set in place upon entering office, declaring to a packed House... President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday night to push forward with the agenda he set in place upon entering office, declaring to a packe...

Reactions To The State Of The Union From People Being Squeezed Out Of The Middle Class

President Obama spoke in his State of the Union address about how health insurance reform could help middle class families. "I took on health care... President Obama spoke in his State of the Union address about how health insurance reform could help middle class families.

State Of The Union: Reactions, Analysis Of Obama's 2010 Address

Was struck that the tone of the speech was much more upbeat, less faux populist, more confident, self-deprecating and wry, than expected. ... Also worth noting the seeming downgrading of foreign policy emphasis in the speech, and the filtering more of the foreign policy issues through the n...

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International: Obama Must Reframe The Debate

In just a few hours, President Obama follows in the footsteps of Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, and - dare I say it - George W. Bush in delivering his State of the Union message to Congress. It will be a significant one; not only because it is the first of this youn...

Bob Cesca: Progressives vs. The President

Every day, you can find progressive screeds about how the president is "just like Bush" because of trespasses as wide-ranging as Afghanistan to the individual mandate. In one case, the president is wrong for doing what he said he'd do, in the latter case, he's wrong for changing his mind. It...

Steven Hill: State of Obama: Is "Obama fatigue" setting in?

As we await President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech, there are clear signs of "Obama fatigue" setting in. Recently I spent a... As we await President Barack Obama's first State of the Union speech, there are clear signs of "Obama fatigue" setting in. Recently I spent a lot of tim...

Alex Castellanos: The New Republican: How to Build the GOP's Next Generation

If Democrats could win the center advocating Republican ideas, why can't Republicans? We can. Last year we took our first steps. The Definition of 'New Republican' To a New Republican, an Old Republican who believes his principles are good only for saying "No" is only half a conservative.

Donnie Fowler: The Republican Zenith is Now

As John Stewart said last week, the Democrats still have 59 votes in the U.S. Senate, more than George Bush ever had when he did... As John Stewart said last week, the Democrats still have 59 votes in the U.S. Senate, more than George Bush ever had when he did whatever the f**k he wanted. In the U.S. House,...

James O'Keefe ARRESTED In Mary Landrieu Phone Scheme, 3 Others Also Charged

The fourth suspect, Robert Flanagan, 24, was released earlier Tuesday. His father, Bill, is the acting U.S. Attorney based in Shreveport. He was first assistant under Republican President George W. Bush appointee Donald Washington before Washington stepped down this month. President Bar...

Obama Approval Ratings Deeply Polarized

At the end of his first year, former President Bill Clinton averaged a smaller 52-point gap -- not because Republicans liked him any more than they like Obama, but because Democrats didn't like him as much. President George W. Bush averaged a 45-point gap; during his first year, he had almos...

Robert Adam Mosbacher, Republican Fundraiser, Dies At 82

Houston oilman Robert Adam Mosbacher, perhaps the Republican Party's greatest-ever fundraiser and a member of the cabinet of longtime friend President George H.W. Bush, died Sunday of pancreatic cancer. He was 82. More on George Bush

Mitchell Bard: Citizens United Reveals the Danger of Our Right Wing Supreme Court

Shortly after George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004, a friend of mine said, "Well, at least we'll be rid of him forever in four... Shortly after George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004, a friend of mine said, "Well, at least we'll be rid of him forever in four years." My response was, "I wish." Although i...

Anis Shivani: The Corporatist Explanation for Obama's "Failed" Presidency

Anis Shivani: The Corporatist Explanation for Obama's "Failed" Presidency

Obama, more than Al Gore, George W. Bush, John McCain, or Hillary Clinton, has been the most fully realized CONSENSUS CORPORATIST CANDIDATE of the last... Obama, more than Al Gore, George W. Bush, John McCain, or Hillary Clinton, has been the most fully realized CONSENSUS CORPORATIST CANDID...

Haiti Donations Are Tax Deductible: Obama Signs Bill For 2009 Taxes

The measure sped through Congress, receiving final approval Thursday. The White House announced this week that the president and first lady Michelle Obama donated $15,000 from their personal bank account to the Haiti relief effort.

How Bernanke Became A Toxic Asset

Then Massachusetts happened. The election of Republican Senator-Elect Scott Brown on a wave of anti-Wall Street, anti-bailout sentiment was, as Sen. Bernie Sander's (I-Vt.) deemed it, a "wake up call to many Democrats" considering Bernanke.

Chris Campbell: Today I Left the Democratic Party

This is honestly how I've felt for the past few years with the Democratic Party. During the Bush years, I was embarrassed by my party. While Bush, Cheney, Rove, et al stomped on the Constitution and barreled through one egregious act after another, my party basically just sat quietly in the b...

CEOs Push Congress On Public Financing Of Campaigns

They sent the letter through Fair Elections Now, a coalition of good-government groups who hope the Supreme Court ruling will lead Congress to pass public campaign financing legislation they have long been seeking. Others supporting public financing include former campaign strateg...

Joe Cutbirth: Open Letter: From Sam Houston to Barack Obama

Mr. President: It's my humble privilege as a citizen with my own place in American history to write to you, as you are about to... Mr. President: We are all lucky, if we get one real shot at true greatness, Mr. President. Do right, and risk the consequences.

Jerome Karabel: Democratic Panic and the Meaning of Massachusetts

To be sure, losing Ted Kennedy's seat - and with it their 60-vote filibuster-proof majority - was a major blow to the Democrats. But to conclude from this particular election - which could easily have had a different outcome - that Democrats need to beat a hasty retreat on health care reform...

April D. Ryan: Mayor Ray Nagin Says Haiti Resembles New Orleans

Meanwhile, President and Mrs. Obama mailed a 15 thousand dollar personal check to the Clinton Bush Haiti fund to help with the relief and rescue efforts there. Former President George W. Bush gave 10 thousand dollars from his pocket during the Tsunami for rebuild, relief and rescue efforts...

Cristina Page: Will the Real Pro-Lifer Please Stand Up?

The pro-life drumbeaters continued their increasingly shrill campaign in Indiana last spring. In May, they popped their circus tent outside The University of Notre Dame to protest President Obama's commencement address and later launched a campaign to unseat Notre Dame's president...

Bob Burnett: Obama's First Year: The Expectations Crisis

On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. A year later, voter approval of the Obama... On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. A year later, voter approval of the Obama Administration has declined a...

Leonardo DiCaprio Gives $1M To Haiti, Madonna & Beyonce Join Telethon

NEW YORK — Beyonce and Madonna have been added as performers to Friday's multi-network "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon, and Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and former President Bill Clinton are among the participants.

Cenk Uygur: How to Get Bipartisanship and Crush with 59 Senators

This is one of the few things George Bush did well. Why do you think all those Democrats voted for the Iraq War, because they liked Bush? Because he asked them nicely? No, he made them believe that they will lose their seats if they didn't vote with him. And all of a sudden, he had a solid bipartisa...

Bill Lucey: Democrats Prepare for 2010 Midterm Storm

• 1938: Democratic President (FDR): Democrats lost 72 House seats; seven in the Senate. • 1994: Democratic President (Bill Clinton): Democrats lost 54 House seats, eight in the Senate • 2006: Republican President (George W. Bush): Republicans lost 30 House seats; six in the Senat...

Leo DiCaprio Donates $1 Million Towards Haiti Earthquake Relief

The two-hour telethon will feature performances by Beyonce, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, Stevie Wonder, Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Keith Urban. Denzel Washington, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio and former President Bill Clinton will also participate.

George Mitrovich: An Open Letter to President Obama

We witnessed your intelligence, heard your eloquence, admired your grace, and marveled at the dignity you displayed during a long and difficult campaign. But more than any of those admirable qualities we believed, Mr. President, that you understood the real issue before America was not...

Miles Mogulescu: The Supreme Court's Non-Violent Corporate Coup

With today's Supreme Court decision, for less than 1% of their profits, the 100 largest corporations could likely be able to control the Senate and the Presidency, and through that, even the Supreme Court. Today, in a radical act of judicial activism, five Supreme Court Justices overthr...

Michael Kieschnick: The Worst Court Decision Since Bush vs. Gore

It is expected because the conservative Supreme Court majority literally requested that the case come before it. This is not unprecedented but highly unusual and reflective of the growing aggressiveness of that majority in rewriting precedent.

Warren Goldstein: Back to the Gilded Age!

A little over nine years ago (December 12, 2000) the conservative majority on the Supreme Court intervened in the disputed presidential election between Al Gore... A little over nine years ago (December 12, 2000) the conservative majority on the Supreme Court intervened in the disputed p...

Lennard Davis: Barack Obama's Professor Gives Him Mid-Term Grades

So what grade should I give Obama in his first year? Oprah asked him that very same question, and he replied that he would give himself a B+. I'd lower that assessment to a B-. But we all know that unlike George Bush, the perennial C student, Obama is an A+ go-getter. We all want our President to mak...

New Banking Regulations: Obama Seeks Bigger Banking Restrictions (VIDEO)

We have to get this done," Obama said at the White House. "If these folks want a fight, it's a fight I'm ready to have." This restriction would affect some of the biggest banks, including Bank of America Corp., Goldman Sachs and Citigroup Inc.

Bush Says He And Clinton Were Phone Friends During Presidency

WASHINGTON — George W. Bush had a special phone friend during his White House years: Bill Clinton. The two met President Barack Obama at the White House on Saturday and taped segments for five Sunday news shows to appeal for private donations for Haiti relief. More on Bill Clinton

Harold Ford Jr. Called Bush 'Friend,' Now Must Appeal To Liberals

NEW YORK — The last time Harold Ford Jr. ran for the U.S. Senate, he spoke proudly about his pickup truck, his "friend" President George W. Bush, his support for Chief Justice John Roberts and a voting record that "doesn't describe a liberal."

John Michael Farren, Ex-Bush Lawker, Tried To Kill Wife: Connecticut Police

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A onetime senior attorney to former President George W. Bush was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife at their... NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A onetime senior attorney to former President George W. Bush was charged Thursday with trying to kill his wife at their Connecticut home b...

Bush Waited Six Days To Discuss Shoe Bomber With No GOP Complaints

The White House has been monitoring the situation since early on today," McClellan said, according to a Washington Post article published on December 23. The lead statement came from Swift, who lauded the "heroic acts" of "the flight attendants and passengers who helped subdue the susp...

George W. Bush Institute To Co-Produce Public Television Show "Ideas In Action"

The first episode, a discussion on pay for performance in education, includes one panelist from the George W. Bush Institute and panelists from the Economic Policy Institute and the Progressive Policy Institute. Walworth cautioned not to jump to conclusions about the show based on the G...

Wayne Besen: Princeton's Robert George: Sophistry Disguised as Scholarship

George is an intellectual lightweight without an original idea in his head. His claim to fame is organizing like-minded conservatives and providing a veneer of education to mask his goal of discrimination. This is not the pride of Princeton, but a paean to prejudice.

Richard Shelby: Bernanke Second Term Will Get No Vote From Me

WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee says he is opposing Ben Bernanke's nomination for a second term as chairman of the... WASHINGTON — The top-ranking Republican on the Senate Banking Committee says he is opposing Ben Bernanke's nomination for a secon...

Missing Bush Emails Restored: White House Settles Lengthy Legal Battle

On Friday, Mother Jones detailed the "years-long legal battle" that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW) and the National Security Archive (NSA) fought against the Bush administration over some archiving problems that led to the loss of over 20 million White House emails.

Rep. Steve King: KSM Trial Will Lead To Domestic Terrorists And U.S Deaths

Speaking on a conference call with reporters, the Iowa Republican called the Attorney General's decision to try five suspected terrorists, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in federal court in New York an incomprehensible legal and national security blunder.

David Halperin: To Do Nothing is an Insane Policy

Here's why: It is also hard to imagine that National Security Advisor Jim Jones was doing the diplomatic equivalent of jumping-jacks when he recently said that if he could tell President Obama to resolve one conflict it would be the Arab-Israeli one.

Obama-Bush: A Tale Of Two Critiques

Yesterday, the editors of the New York Times penned some tough, smart criticism of the White House's many "recent reminders of this dismaying retreat from... Yesterday, the editors of the New York Times penned some tough, smart criticism of the White House's many "recent reminders of this...

Opinion: David Swanson: Presidential Power Grows: Will You Love Every Future President?

Perhaps presidents simply cannot be expected to give back powers gained by the executive branch, but shouldn't we expect Congress to work to take them back on our behalf? When Alberto Gonzales resigned as attorney general, he did so because a rapidly growing list of members of Congress s...

James Warren: Obama And Executive Power: Obama And Bush Are Both Symbols Of Executive Power Run Amok, Says Historian Garry Wills

Most of his case involves national defense and he concedes, "It should come as no surprise that turning around the huge secret empire built by the National Security State is a hard, perhaps impossible, task." In sum, he argues that Obama will become a prisoner of the national security pris...

Eastern Europe Feels Neglected By Obama

It's a startling shift in a region long accustomed to cozy ties with the United States. Romanian President Traian Basescu, a staunch supporter of Bush, recently spoke nostalgically about the "endless list of common objectives that had been reached" with the Bush White House.

John McQuaid: Czarist Nonsense

The George W. Bush presidency brought both the Republican Party and the conservative movement low, and it's distressing to watch the GOP base get whipped... The George W. Bush presidency brought both the Republican Party and the conservative movement low, and it's distressing to watch the G...

Jeffrey Shaffer: By George, His War Views Sound Like Mine!

Victory" or "winning" in Iraq isn't up to us. It's up to them. They live there and we don't. It's exactly the same dilemma this country faced during the Vietnam war. The newspaper pundit who is squarely on target these days when it comes to speaking the unpleasant truth about Iraq and Afghanista...

Jeff Schweitzer: Learn Me Some Good Schooling

In 1991, George H.W. Bush broadcast nationwide a speech delivered to a junior high school in the nation’s capital.  In his delivery Bush promoted is own education policies.  He even specifically asked students to consider “ways you can help us achieve our goals.” 

George Mitrovich: Senator Ted Kennedy: American Patriot

Among the most remarkable of Senator Kennedy's many attributes was his ability to work across the political aisle, working with Republican senators like John McCain, Nancy Kassenbaum, Alan Simpson, and Orrin Hatch. Mr. Hatch, the conservative Republican from Utah, considered Senato...

Joseph A. Palermo: "We're Going to Kill Your Children" -- The CIA Inspector General's Report

Add to this macabre mix the use of mock executions and it becomes painfully clear that the U.S. had totally lost its bearings in the aftermath of 9-11 under the "steady-hand" leadership of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney. Attorney General Eric Holder's appointment of John Durham to investigat...

Andy Ostroy: Fox News "Can't Get a Straight Answer" from White House. Now They Know How the Rest of the Media Felt During the Bush Years

And now the hypocritical Republican crybabies at Fox are outraged over a heated exchange last Thursday between President Barack Obama's press secretary Robert Gibbs and their White House correspondent, Major Garrett, over unsolicited emails allegedly being sent out by the White Ho...

Senate Guru: OH-Sen: Rob Portman = George W. Bush

Whether or not George W. Bush is still in office, Rob Portman is very much a George W. Bush Republican, and Bush should serve as an anchor to Portman throughout the campaign if Democrats continue to effectively highlight the extremely close Bush-Portman relationship.

George Tenet Canceled Secret CIA Hit Teams: AP

CIA Director Leon Panetta drove the final stake into the effort in June after learning about the program. He called an emergency meeting with the House and Senate Intelligence committees the next day, informing lawmakers about the program and saying that as vice president Dick Cheney ha...

Opinion: Colors could disappear from terror alert system

For example, in August 2004, then-Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge raised the alert level to orange, the second-highest level signifying a high risk of attack, in Washington, New York City and Newark, N.J., because of potential threats to financial buildings there. But Democrats q...

Opinion: Peter Dreier: Progressives Take Back the Flag

Langston Hughes' poem, "Let America Be America Again," written in 1936, contrasted the nation's promise with its mistreatment of his fellow African-Americans, the poor, Native Americans, workers, farmers and immigrants: Sure ain't no Republican either,

Opinion: Alfred W. McCoy: Confronting the CIA's Mind Maze

Further up the chain of command, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice, as she recently told the Senate, "convened a series of meetings of NSC [National Security Council] principals in 2002 and 2003 to discuss various issues... relating to detainees." This group, including Vice Pre...

Opinion: Stuart Whatley: Calling Out Stem Cell Lies

On August 9th, 2001, Former President George W. Bush announced that federal funds may be awarded for research using human embryonic stem cells if the following criteria are met: • The derivation process (which begins with the destruction of the embryo) was initiated prior to 9:00 P.M. EDT o...

Opinion: IRS Quits Use Of Private Debt Collectors

The IRS program was a small one, bringing in a little more than $80 million since its inception in 2006. But it represented an ideological toehold for conservatives who believe that private companies are more efficient than government agencies.

Opinion: George Lakoff: The Obama Code

As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress, what can we expect to hear? The pundits will stress the nuts-and-bolts policy issues. What they miss is the Obama Code. As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress, what can we expect to hear?

Opinion: Richard Laermer: The Week That Was

It's cold in this country. You can't blame George W. Bush either. I bring you The Bleak Economic Report: Surprisingly un-spared by effects of the recession is -- tada! -- The Porn Industry. It's cold in this country. You can't blame George W. Bush either.

Opinion: Tom Engelhardt: The Apology: How to Turn Over a New Inaugural Leaf

Ever since, presidents have regularly preached strength beyond compare, threatened potential enemies, and hit the call notes of an ever more imperial presidency. Underneath the often dull words of modern inaugurals lies a distinct hubris, an emphasis on the potential limitlessness...

Opinion: Robert Guttman: George W. Bush: Certainly Not Our Best President, But Probably Not Our Worst

George W. Bush ran for president in 2000 as a compassionate conservative who would be a competent president. As he leaves office with one of... George W. Bush ran for president in 2000 as a compassionate conservative who would be a competent president. As he leaves office with one of the lowest app...

Opinion: Jason Notte: How Questioning The President Went From an Argument to a Conversation

After nearly a decade, it's nice to see that Americans can petition their president again. If anyone is worried about Barack Obama's presidency bearing any resemblance whatsoever to George W. Bush's, the last few weeks should put your mind at ease.

Opinion: AP: Bush Legacy -- Grim Times, Gloomy Nation

The unvarnished review of George W. Bush's presidency reveals a portrait of America he never would have imagined. Bush said he would change the tone of Washington. He never did. Of course, neither did the Democrats running Congress. More on George Bush

Opinion: David Latt: Cheney Lays More Pardon-Pipe

Vice President Cheney has laid his cards on the table and he's a hard-nosed competitor. The only thing that would trump his play would be if President Bush does use his pardon power, but not to pardon Dick Cheney but George W. Bush. Then the game's over and Dick Cheney and the others will be left t...

Opinion: Bush On Shoe Incident: "It Was Bizarre"

CANDY CROWLEY, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT: Let me ask you just because there is a couple of news of the day things I wanted to get you on. And the first is, are you going to bail out the auto industry? GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: We're considering all options.

Opinion: Carl Pope: Fish Gotta Swim? Not Until January 20

British writer George Monbiot summed up the logic of this and similar parting salvoes of the Bush administration's final days in his usual acerbic style, writing that "George Bush is behaving like a furious defaulter whose home is about to be repossessed. Smashing the porcelain, rippin...

Marty Kaplan: George W. Bush is to Georgia as George HW Bush is to ...

If that's what he said in public, what has he been saying in private to Georgian President Saakashvili about the Russian forces that have been encamped in and controlling Georgia's breakaway province South Osettia since the breakup of ...